Prophet Hosea son of Be'eri

• Hosea 1:1-9

Wikipedia: Hosea & הושע

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Hosea son of Beeri, (Hebrew: הוֹשֵׁעַ, Modern Hoshea, Tiberian Hôšēăʻ; "Salvation"; Greek Ὠσηέ, Ōsēe)i, was an 8th-century BC prophet in Israel who authored the book of prophecies bearing his name. He is one of the Twelve Prophets of the Jewish Hebrew Bible, also known as the Minor Prophets of the Christian Old Testament. Hosea is often seen as a "prophet of doom", but underneath his message of destruction is a promise of restoration. The Talmud (Pesachim 87a) claims that he was the greatest prophet of his generation. The period of Hosea's ministry extended to some sixty years and he was the only prophet of Israel of his time who left any written prophecy.

Name

The name "Hosea", meaning "salvation", or "He saves", or "He helps", seems to have been not uncommon, being derived from the auspicious verb from which we have the frequently recurring word "salvation". It may be a contraction of a larger form of which the divine name (YHWH) or its abbreviation formed a part, so as to signify "YHWH helps". According to the Bible Numbers 13:8, 13:16 that was the original name of Joshua, son of Nun, until Moses gave him the longer, theophoric name Yehoshua, "YHWH is salvation".

Location

Although it is not expressly stated in the Book of Hosea, it is apparent from the level of detail and familiarity focused on northern geography, that Hosea conducted his prophetic ministries in the Northern Israel (Samaria) of which he was a native.

Family

Little is known about the life or social status of Hosea. According to the Book of Hosea, he married the prostitute Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, at God's command. In Hosea 5:8 ff., there is a reference to the wars which led to the capture of the kingdom by the Assyrians (ca. 734–732 BC). It is not certain if he had also experienced the destruction of Samaria, which is foreseen in Hosea 14:1.

Hosea's family life reflected the "adulterous" relationship which Israel had built with polytheistic gods. The relationship between Hosea and Gomer parallels the relationship between God and Israel. Even though Gomer runs away from Hosea and sleeps with another man, he loves her anyway and forgives her. Likewise, even though the people of Israel worshipped false gods, God continued to love them and did not abandon his covenant with them.

Similarly, his children's names made them like walking prophecies of the fall of the ruling dynasty and the severed covenant with God – much like the prophet Isaiah a generation later. The name of Hosea's daughter, Lo-ruhamah, which translates as "not pitied", is chosen by God as a sign of displeasure with the people of Israel for following false gods. (In Hosea 2:23 she is redeemed, shown mercy with the term Ruhamah.) The name of Hosea's son, Lo-ammi, which translates as "not my people", is chosen by the Lord as a sign of the Lord's displeasure with the people of Israel for following those false gods (see Hosea 1:8-9).

Christian thought

One of the early writing prophets, Hosea used his own experience as a symbolic representation of God and Israel: God the husband, Israel the wife. Hosea's wife left him to go with other men; Israel left the Lord to go with false gods. Hosea searched for his wife, found her and brought her back; God would not abandon Israel and brought them back even though they had forsaken him.

The Book of Hosea was a severe warning to the northern kingdom against the growing idolatry being practiced there; the book was a dramatic call to repentance. Christians extend the analogy of Hosea to Christ and the church: Christ the husband, his church the bride. Christians see in this book a comparable call to the church not to forsake the Lord Jesus Christ. Christians also take the buying back of Gomer as the redemptive qualities of Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross.

Other preachers, like Charles Spurgeon, saw Hosea as a striking presentation of the mercy of God in his sermon on Hosea 1:7 titled The LORD's Own Salvation. “But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.” – Hosea 1:7 in his sermon NO. 2057, December 16TH, 1888.

Islamic literature

The Qur'an mentions only some prophets by name, but makes it clear that many were sent who are not mentioned. Therefore, many Muslim scholars, such as (Ibn Ishaq), speak of Hosea as one of the true Hebrew prophets of Israel. The Book of Hosea has also been used in Qur'anic exegesis by Abdullah Yusuf Ali, especially in reference to Qur'anic verses which speak of the backsliding of Israel.

Observances

He is commemorated with the other Minor prophets in the Calendar of saints of the Armenian Apostolic Church on July 31. He is commemorated on the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar, with a feast day on October 17 (for those churches which follow the Julian Calendar, October 17 currently falls on October 30 of the modern Gregorian Calendar). He is also commemorated on the Sunday of the Holy Fathers (the Sunday before the Nativity of the Lord).

Tomb of Hosea

The tomb of Hosea is a structure located in the Jewish cemetery of Safed, believed to be the final resting place of Hosea.

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The prophet Hosea Ben - Barry

According to Jewish tradition, Hosea Ben - Barry is a prophet who worked the kingdom of Israel in the middle of the First Temple period, prior to the destruction of the kingdom of Israel. His book includes fourteen chapters, is the first book prophets. Most of the prophecies of Hosea are reproaches for the Kingdom of Israel, but they also contain several requests for the Kingdom of Judah.

Hosea book also includes two stories on the marriage of Hosea with a harlot, simulating the relationship between God and Israel.These stories are interpreted by different commentators in various ways, and so see below. Hoshea son of Barry Natnbea last decades of the Kingdom of Israel. These were the days of shaky political independence, rapid turnover of the kings who murdered a man the previous one. Also, these days grew strength of Assyria, and soldiers

النبي هوشع بن -- باري ووفقا للتقاليد اليهودية، هوشع بن -- باري هو النبي الذي كان يعمل في المملكة من إسرائيل في منتصف فترة الهيكل الأول، وذلك قبل تدمير مملكة إسرائيل. كتابه يتضمن أربعة عشر فصلا، هو أول كتاب الانبياء. معظم النبوءات هوشع واللوم لمملكة إسرائيل، لكنها تحتوي أيضا على عدة طلبات لمملكة يهوذا. هوشع يشمل الكتاب أيضا اثنين من القصص على الزواج هوشع مع عاهرة، محاكاة العلاقة بين الله واسرائيل. يتم تفسير هذه القصص من المعلقين مختلفة بطرق مختلفة، ونرى ذلك أدناه. هوشع بن عقود Natnbea باري الأخير من مملكة إسرائيل. كانت هذه الأيام من الاستقلال السياسي هشا، والدوران السريع للملوك الذين قتلوا رجل واحد السابقة. أيضا، نما في هذه الأيام قوة آشور، والجنود.

הושע בן ברי הנביא – קישור לויקיפדיה - עברית HEBROW

הושֵעַ הנביא בֶּן-בְּאֵרִי על פי המסורת היהודית, הושֵעַ בֶּן-בְּאֵרִי הוא נביא אשר פעל בממלכת ישראל באמצע ימי בית ראשון, לקראת חורבן ממלכת ישראל. ספרו, הכולל ארבעה עשר פרקים, הוא הראשון בספרי תרי עשר. עיקר נבואותיו של הושע הן תוכחות לאנשי ממלכת ישראל, אולם הן מכילות גם פניות אחדות לאנשי ממלכת יהודה. ספר הושע כולל גם שני סיפורים על נישואי הושע עם אישה זונה, המדמים את היחס בין אלוהים ועם ישראל. סיפורים אלו מפורשים על ידי הפרשנים השונים במגוון דרכים, ועל כך ראו להלן.הושע בן בארי נתנבא בעשורים האחרונים של ממלכת ישראל. היו אלו ימים של עצמאות מדינית רעועה, ותחלופה מהירה של מלכים אשר רצחו איש את קודמו. כמו כן, בימים אלו גדלה עוצמתה של ממלכת אשור, וחייליה .